How many more Did they Have ? 
Squire J. W. Conrad relates the following:
"Mly grandfather, J. W. Conrad, who came here from Germany,
was a Justice of the Peace for many years. He spoke
French fluently and was acquainted with some of the dialects
of the German confederation and those of Southern Europe,
although German was his mother tongue. He was called on
frequently to write or translate letters from one language into
another and to straighten out matters, legally, for the early
foreigners. He conducted a foreign steamship agency at his
office next to the corner of Third and Market Streets. Owing
to his knowledge of the European ports and his acquaintance
with different languages this branch of his business proved a
very lucrative one. Those were the days when abstracts of
lands were written out and there were no printed forms of deeds.
A Justiee worked hard, there was so much transcribing.
" 'Jimmie' Sorrocco, an Italian, was an early organ grinder.
He delighted the children of those times with his barrel organ,
which he carried about on his back and rested on a stout oaken
stick while he ground out the few tunes in its scant repertoire.
But it was not 'Pop Goes the Weasel,' nor 'Home, Sweet
Home,' that the youngsters cared particularly about; but the
pet monkey that amused them with its antics, capering up the
sides of houses and porches to gather up the pennies given it.
"Sorrocco lived on Guinea Hill, in the locality known as
Italy, where he and his wife kept a boarding house for their
countrymen. They were very frugal, particularly Catalina,
who kept cows and sold milk to add to the family revenue.
Catalina was a great beauty, with olivebbrown skin, big black
eyes and heavy coal-black hair. At times 'Jimmie' became
very much incensed at the admiration she excited and the attention
she received from his visitors.
"This seemed only to amuse Catalina and she would laugh,
showing her great white teeth and shaking the long gold earings
in her ears as she measured out the milk from her bright
cans, for she was a clean and industrious woman. Then she
would tell her patrons in the soft tongue, she knew very little
English, 'Jimmie so jelly, so jelly,' meaning jealous.
"When the couple purchased the property at Eighth and
Laurel Streets, known as 'Little Italy,' my grandfather conducted
the transfer and made out the deed. The price was
three hundred dollars and it was paid for with thirty thousand
pennies, the large copper pennies, bigger than a twenty-five cent
piece, then in circulation. They had all been gathered together
by Sorocco and his barrel organ and the monkey, and were saved
by Catalina.
"The pennies were weighed, but as some were worn more
than others the result did not even up and they were subsequently
re-count-ed. It took a half day with several at work
to figure out the amount.
Squire J. W. Conrad relates the following:
"Mly grandfather, J. W. Conrad, who came here from Germany,
was a Justice of the Peace for many years. He spoke
French fluently and was acquainted with some of the dialects
of the German confederation and those of Southern Europe,
although German was his mother tongue. He was called on
frequently to write or translate letters from one language into
another and to straighten out matters, legally, for the early
foreigners. He conducted a foreign steamship agency at his
office next to the corner of Third and Market Streets. Owing
to his knowledge of the European ports and his acquaintance
with different languages this branch of his business proved a
very lucrative one. Those were the days when abstracts of
lands were written out and there were no printed forms of deeds.
A Justiee worked hard, there was so much transcribing.
" 'Jimmie' Sorrocco, an Italian, was an early organ grinder.
He delighted the children of those times with his barrel organ,
which he carried about on his back and rested on a stout oaken
stick while he ground out the few tunes in its scant repertoire.
But it was not 'Pop Goes the Weasel,' nor 'Home, Sweet
Home,' that the youngsters cared particularly about; but the
pet monkey that amused them with its antics, capering up the
sides of houses and porches to gather up the pennies given it.
"Sorrocco lived on Guinea Hill, in the locality known as
Italy, where he and his wife kept a boarding house for their
countrymen. They were very frugal, particularly Catalina,
who kept cows and sold milk to add to the family revenue.
Catalina was a great beauty, with olivebbrown skin, big black
eyes and heavy coal-black hair. At times 'Jimmie' became
very much incensed at the admiration she excited and the attention
she received from his visitors.
"This seemed only to amuse Catalina and she would laugh,
showing her great white teeth and shaking the long gold earings
in her ears as she measured out the milk from her bright
cans, for she was a clean and industrious woman. Then she
would tell her patrons in the soft tongue, she knew very little
English, 'Jimmie so jelly, so jelly,' meaning jealous.
"When the couple purchased the property at Eighth and
Laurel Streets, known as 'Little Italy,' my grandfather conducted
the transfer and made out the deed. The price was
three hundred dollars and it was paid for with thirty thousand
pennies, the large copper pennies, bigger than a twenty-five cent
piece, then in circulation. They had all been gathered together
by Sorocco and his barrel organ and the monkey, and were saved
by Catalina.
"The pennies were weighed, but as some were worn more
than others the result did not even up and they were subsequently
re-count-ed. It took a half day with several at work
to figure out the amount.
